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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 0204.PDF
INTERNAL AIRLINES SYSTEM . . last year in handling special charter flights for Continental, Scandinavian and Czech operators. As already mentioned, Air France was the first company to run post-war scheduled services through Ringway, and the direct route to Paris is now regarded by the French operator as one of some importance. Languedocs will be introduced on the Paris-Manchester service as soon as the airfield is suitable. In two services a week, the passengers carried increased from 88 in March last year, travelling both ways, to 522 in September, when the frequency was increased to three a week ; from June 20th, the service was extended to Prestwick. Mr. Wienerbett, the Air France station manager, was confident that a daily service would have run to capacity during last summer. K.L.M. and Aer Lingus have a reciprocal arrangement whereby the Dutch company fly from Amsterdam to Dublin through Manchester on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Aer Lingus fly from Dublin through Manchester to Amster- dam on Mondays and Thursdays, returning the same day. Before the war, K.L.M. flew a regular service through Manchester, Liverpool and Doncaster to Amsterdam, and resumed operations on May 20th last year. During the peak months of August, September and October, the average number of passengers in and out of Manchester on Dutch Airlines was about 350, Aer Lingus also fly a daily Dublin-Manchester return service, and on Thursdays a special freighter carrying about 8,000 lb of cargo flies on the same route. This summer, the Irish company intends to increase services and to include a special prearranged flight for the Butlin holiday campers. *"" FLIGHT From the control tower at Ringway the A.T.C.O. in charge, G. F. Yuilt and the duty control officer, J. S. Whahy, watch a Dakota landing, Ringway Airport was a victim of indecision at the end of the war, when the Government announced the nationaliza- tion programme and indicated that Manchester airport would be nationalized. Plans have recently been approved, however, for development of the airport, and Manchester Corporation will be responsible for the building and con- version which is necessary, but eventually the Ministry will take over full responsibility. Before the war, Lorenz blind-landing equipment was installed in one direction and airfield lighting was provided. The M.C.A. have now put in interim G lighting, with omni- directional contact lights at 300ft intervals on the N-S and E-W runways, and at 100ft intervals on the NE-SW. There is sodium lighting on all approaches, and both a civil airfield identification beacon and a R.A.F. identification beacon flash in the hours of darkness. Communication1 in- clude M.F. D/F W/T on two frequencies and V.H.F. !$»«£ on two frequencies for communication only: H.F. R/T and Cathode Ray V.H.F. D/F R/T is in process of calibration. Lengthening of the runways is possible in nearly every direction, and the Corporation showed considerable enter- prise in purchasing the surrounding land, making a possible landing area of 600 acres. The perimeter has already been built at the north end of the N-S runway for an extension to 1,600 yds, but the surrounding countryside is flat and extension in all directions would be a simple matter. —T ::^ -tir Flying Intensities On a typical day during the summer of last year, total movements were about 100, including 24 scheduled services; the remainder were R.A.F. movements, test flights for Fairey's and unscheduled flights by charter operators. Area Control headquarters for the North-West Flight Infor- mation Region is working from Ringway until it is possible to transfer to Preston. There were about 100 movements a day throughout the summer, but during peak periods the number rose to about 300 movements. The Controller has for communications two M.F. and one H.F. frequencies, an M.F. Fixer service, and a weather broadcasting fre- quency on which actuals are broadcast each half-hour on the condition of Isle of Man ai make constant popular with c air-sea rescue The buildings the Volunteer R Manchester. Th purposes and domestic buildi airfields at Ringway, Speke, Blackpool, tt's Corner. The scheduled operators if the service, and it is now becoming ir^operators also. Area Control initiates Preston. :ted for the Auxiliary Air Force and are divided by the main road to the airfield side are for technical other side for domestic use. The emain entirely in the hands of the
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